‘The Mentalist” star Simon Baker has jumped to the top of TV’s salary list with a new deal that will pay him $30 million for adding a year to his contract.

Baker, 41, leaps over stars like Hugh Laurie (“House“) and Laurence Fishburn (“CSI“) to become the highest-paid dramatic actor on TV with the deal, which was reported over the weekend.

He is not yet in Charlie Sheen territory — Sheen makes a reported $1.2 million an episode.

It was difficult to come up quickly with a per-episode salary for Baker since the new deal is an extension of his existing contract, which had been paying him $250,000 for each episode, according to reports.

On the show, Baker plays crime consultant Patrick Jane, a psychic with unusual powers of observation and the ability to manipulate people.

“The Mentalist” promises to make tens of millions when it goes into reruns on cable some time in 2011 or ’12.